wardia) and the Christmas fern (evergreen 

 aspidium). 



There are other hardy ferns quite as desir- 

 able as these but they are taller and better 

 when positioned towards the fore-center of 

 the perennial garden or border. For example, 

 the splendid Lady fern, growing fully two 

 feet tall, and the charming Cinnamon fern 

 over four feet tall. These ever beautiful ferns 

 could and should shield hardy plants produc- 

 ing attractive flowers but ugly foliage. I 

 could name many more varieties but of the 

 tall ferns I will speak another time. 



It is obvious that we have a varied range 

 of border and edging plants both perennial 

 and annual. They fill a great need, because 

 until recently we haven't given really serious 

 thought or attention to our borders, the 

 framework of our flower beds and herbaceous 

 gardens. There may be many shortcomings 

 in our gardens caused by failures and for 

 other reasons, but if everything is charmingly 



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